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US-10826730

Equalizer circuit

PublishedNovember 3, 2020
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Technical Abstract

An equalizer circuit includes a first arithmetic circuit, a second arithmetic circuit, a data sampling circuit, and an edge sampling circuit. The first arithmetic circuit is configured to compensate an equalization sequence by secondary feedback sequences to output a first added sequence. The second arithmetic circuit is configured to compensate the first added sequence by a primary feedback sequence to output a second added sequence. The data sampling circuit samples, according to data clock, the second added sequence to output a primary sequence, and gains the primary sequence to output the primary feedback sequence. The data sampling circuit sequentially samples, according to the data clock, the primary sequence to output secondary sequences. The data sampling circuit gains the corresponding secondary sequences to output the secondary feedback sequences. The edge sampling circuit is configured to sequentially sample, according to an edge clock, the first added sequence to output an edge sequence.

Patent Claims
11 claims

Legal claims defining the scope of protection, as filed with the USPTO.

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1. An equalizer circuit, comprising: a first arithmetic circuit, configured to compensate an equalization sequence by a plurality of secondary feedback sequences to output a first added sequence; a second arithmetic circuit, configured to compensate the first added sequence by a primary feedback sequence to output a second added sequence; a data sampling circuit, comprising: a primary sequence circuit, configured to sample the second added sequence according to a data clock to output a primary sequence, the primary sequence circuit gaining the primary sequence to output the primary feedback sequence; and a plurality of secondary sequence circuits, configured to sequentially sample the primary sequence according to the data clock to output a plurality of secondary sequences, the secondary sequence circuits gaining the corresponding secondary sequences to output the secondary feedback sequences; and an edge sampling circuit, configured to sample the first added sequence according to an edge clock to output an edge sequence.

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2. The equalizer circuit according to claim 1 , wherein a rate of the equalization sequence is substantially twice a rate of the data clock, and the rate of the equalization sequence is substantially twice a rate of the edge clock, the primary feedback sequence comprises a first primary feedback sub-sequence and a second primary feedback sub-sequence, and the second added sequence comprises a first added sub-sequence and a second added sub-sequence; the second arithmetic circuit comprises a first arithmetic sub-circuit and a second arithmetic sub-circuit, the first arithmetic sub-circuit being configured to compensate the first added sequence the first primary feedback sub-sequence to output the first added sub-sequence, and the second arithmetic sub-circuit being configured to compensate the first added sequence the second primary feedback sub-sequence to output the second added sub-sequence; the primary sequence circuit comprises: a first primary sequence sub-circuit, configured to sample the first added sub-sequence according to the data clock to output a first primary sub-sequence, the first primary sub-sequence circuit gaining the first primary sub-sequence to output the first primary feedback sub-sequence; and a second primary sequence sub-circuit, configured to sample the second added sub-sequence according to an inverse of the data clock to output a second primary sub-sequence, the second primary sequence sub-circuit gaining the second primary sub-sequence to output the second primary feedback sub-sequence; the data sampling circuit comprises four of the plurality of secondary sequence circuits, the four secondary sequence circuits are a first secondary sequence sub-circuit, a second secondary sequence sub-circuit, a third secondary sequence sub-circuit, and a fourth secondary sequence sub-circuit; the first secondary sequence sub-circuit being configured to sample the first primary sub-sequence according to the inverse of the data clock to output a first secondary sub-sequence, and the first secondary sequence sub-circuit gaining the first secondary sub-sequence to output a first secondary feedback sub-sequence; the second secondary sequence sub-circuit being configured to sample the second primary sub-sequence according to the data clock to output a second secondary sub-sequence, and the second secondary sequence sub-circuit gaining the second secondary sub-sequence to output a second secondary feedback sub-sequence; the third secondary sequence sub-circuit being configured to sample the first secondary sub-sequence according to the inverse of the data clock to output a third secondary sub-sequence, and the third secondary sequence sub-circuit gaining the third secondary sub-sequence to output a third secondary feedback sub-sequence; the fourth secondary sequence sub-circuit being configured to sample the second secondary sub-sequence according to the data clock to output a fourth secondary sub-sequence, and the fourth secondary sequence sub-circuit gaining the fourth secondary sub-sequence to output a fourth secondary feedback sub-sequence; and the first arithmetic circuit is configured to compensate the equalization sequence by the first secondary feedback sub-sequence, the second secondary feedback sub-sequence, the third secondary feedback sub-sequence, and the fourth secondary feedback sub-sequence, to output the first added sequence.

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3. The equalizer circuit according to claim 2 , wherein the edge sampling circuit comprises a plurality of edge trigger sampling circuits, the plurality of edge trigger sampling circuits sequentially sample the first added sequence according to the edge clock to output the edge sequence, and a number of the edge trigger sampling circuits is equal to a number of the sequence circuits.

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4. The equalizer circuit according to claim 2 , wherein the first primary sequence sub-circuit comprises: a first primary trigger sampling sub-circuit, configured to sample the first added sub-sequence according to the data clock to output the first primary sub-sequence; and a first primary gain sub-circuit, configured to gain the first primary sub-sequence by a first primary sub-magnification to output the first primary feedback sub-sequence; the second primary sequence sub-circuit comprises: a second primary trigger sampling sub-circuit, configured to sample the second added sub-sequence according to the inverse of the data clock to output the second primary sub-sequence; and a second primary gain sub-circuit, configured to gain the second primary sub-sequence by a second primary sub-magnification to output the second primary feedback sub-sequence; and the first primary sub-magnification and the second primary sub-magnification each is a constant between −1 and 0.

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5. The equalizer circuit according to claim 4 , wherein the edge sampling circuit comprises a plurality of edge trigger sampling circuits, the plurality of edge trigger sampling circuits sequentially sample the first added sequence according to the edge clock to output the edge sequence, and a number of the plurality of edge trigger sampling circuits being equal to a number of the sequence circuits.

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6. The equalizer circuit according to claim 4 , wherein each of the trigger sampling circuits is a D-type flip flop, a phase of the data clock substantially differing from a phase of the edge clock by about 90 degrees, and each of the arithmetic circuits being an adder.

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7. The equalizer circuit according to claim 4 , wherein the first secondary sequence sub-circuit comprises: a first secondary trigger sampling sub-circuit, configured to sample the first primary sub-sequence according to the inverse of the data clock to output the first secondary sub-sequence; and a first secondary gain sub-circuit, configured to gain the first secondary sub-sequence by a first secondary sub-magnification to output the first secondary feedback sub-sequence; the second secondary sequence sub-circuit comprises: a second secondary trigger sampling sub-circuit, configured to sample the second primary sub-sequence according to the data clock to output the second secondary sub-sequence; and a second secondary gain sub-circuit, configured to gain the second secondary sub-sequence by a second secondary sub-magnification to output the second secondary feedback sub-sequence; the third secondary sequence sub-circuit comprises: a third secondary trigger sampling sub-circuit, configured to sample the first secondary sub-sequence according to the inverse of the data clock to output the third secondary sub-sequence; and a third secondary gain sub-circuit, configured to gain the third secondary sub-sequence at a third secondary sub-magnification to output the third secondary feedback sub-sequence; the fourth secondary sequence sub-circuit comprises: a fourth secondary trigger sampling sub-circuit, configured to sample the second primary sub-sequence according to the data clock to output the fourth secondary sub-sequence; and a fourth secondary gain sub-circuit, configured to gain the fourth secondary sub-sequence by a fourth secondary sub-magnification to output the fourth secondary feedback sub-sequence; and the first secondary sub-magnification, the second secondary sub-magnification, the third secondary sub-magnification, and the fourth secondary sub-magnification each being a constant between −1 and 0.

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8. The equalizer circuit according to claim 7 , wherein the edge sampling circuit comprises a plurality of edge trigger sampling circuits, the plurality of edge trigger sampling circuits sequentially sample the first added sequence according to the edge clock to output the edge sequence, and a number of the edge trigger sampling circuits is equal to a number of the sequence circuits.

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9. The equalizer circuit according to claim 7 , wherein each of the trigger sampling circuits is a D-type flip flop, a phase of the data clock substantially differs from a phase of the edge clock by about 90 degrees, and each of the arithmetic circuits is an adder.

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10. The equalizer circuit according to claim 7 , wherein a magnification value of the first secondary sub-magnification at a high level of the inverse of the data clock is different from a magnification value of the first secondary sub-magnification at a low level of the inverse of the data clock; a magnification value of the second secondary sub-magnification at a high level of the data clock is different from a magnification value of the second secondary sub-magnification at a low level of the data clock; a magnification value of the third secondary sub-magnification at the high level of the inverse of the data clock is different from a magnification value of the third secondary sub-magnification at the low level of the inverse of the data clock; and a magnification value of the fourth secondary sub-magnification at the high level of the data clock is different from a magnification value of the fourth secondary sub-magnification at the low level of the data clock.

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11. The equalizer circuit according to claim 10 , wherein each of the trigger sampling circuits is a D-type flip flop, a phase of the data clock substantially differing from a phase of the edge clock by about 90 degrees, and each of the arithmetic circuits being an adder.

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December 13, 2019

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November 3, 2020

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